Seems redundant…. 
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It’s too bad we had to trade him to the Cubs. Lol
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It really is. It was bad timing for the Astros. Tucker really came into his own in the last three years. But with Boras this was going to be a nightmare scenario. A guy with maximum upside but with a recent history of pussing out who is reaching the end of his contract. The Astros ran out of time and did the best they could.
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Cam Smith could be the gem of the trade he had 8 hr in 32 minor league games while batting .313 at 3 levels this year.
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I agree. He could be. I should have said, “the surprise of the trade.”
Tucker has all the makings of a player that completely falls off after getting the big contract. Think Mike Trout decline from a lower starting point. We did good to recoup some value for him.
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I could sense frustration with him and his injury from the organization last season. There’s no way we were going to throw big money at him after that.
Add his struggles in post season (.685 OPS over 247 plate appearances) and it’s clear to me he’s just not that guy.
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I agree. Plus the Astros played their best baseball when he was out.
Moving him was the right thing to do.
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Keeps doing his thing….i think he is either playing 3b or SS by next year……Pena needs to take it up a notch.
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^^^^^^^^
This 100%
It looks like the Astros are in serious talks with the Cardinals about Nolan Arenado. Interesting.
Hopefully that’s just negotiating noise and not an actual desired outcome. I could see that guy giving us Abreu-level contributions, and he’s expensive.
The Cards are desperate to move him.
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They would have to eat money and give us prospects to take him on……
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I feel the same way but then I wonder if the Crawford boxes could help him.
Arenado would be a huge mistake.
His power numbers have been declining the past three years and will continue to go down. Why would we want that for three years? His luxury cap hit is 25 million for the next three years and he’s owed over forty million in deferred money between now and 2041. Have they learned nothing from the Abreu nightmare.
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Yes, the slugging has gone done pretty badly……I don’t think he would be “Abreuesque” but I still wouldn’t do it.
I think “worst case scenario “ Dezenzo could put up the numbers that Nolan put up last year….for 24 million less per year.
seen this too and not sure I get the fit or even buy the interest much…they’re better off just trying to re-sign Bregman even if the commitment length for Arenado is way shorter…the Astros would also have to make a trade for Arenado, and not sure it would be worth it enough for what they would have to give up, either. As I understand it, we’re not even on his list of teams he would accept a trade to.
Hard pass for me.
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Going after a 1B doesn’t make a whole lot of sense IMO. Matthews and Whitcomb can hold down the fort until Cam is ready, if the intent is to play Paredes at 1B. I’d be more interested in talking to Santander, Teoscar, or Kepler to fill in at RF.
The more interesting thing to me is if Framber gets moved, then what does the starting rotation look like to everyone here?
Brown
Arighetti
Garcia
Blanco
LMJ/Wesneski/France/Gusto/(Javier in July)
Matthews is not quite ready and he doesn’t play first….Dezenzo and Paredes would be your two corner guys if the season started tomorrow.
Wow, I forgot about France.